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We consider the problem of community detection in overlapping weighted networks, where nodes can belong to multiple communities and edge weights can be finite real numbers. To model such complex networks, we propose a general framework -…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Huan Qing , Jingli Wang

With the rise of big data, networks have pervaded many aspects of our daily lives, with applications ranging from the social to natural sciences. Understanding the latent structure of the network is thus an important question. In this…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Stephen Jiang , Jianqing Fan

Graph representation learning (GRL) has become a prominent tool for furthering the understanding of complex networks providing tools for network embedding, link prediction, and node classification. In this paper, we propose the Hybrid…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Nikolaos Nakis , Abdulkadir Çelikkanat , Morten Mørup

A degree-corrected distribution-free model is proposed for weighted social networks with latent structural information. The model extends the previous distribution-free models by considering variation in node degree to fit real-world…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Huan Qing

Generative models can unintentionally memorize training data, posing significant privacy risks. This paper addresses the memorization phenomenon in time series imputation models, introducing the Loss-Based with Reference Model (LBRM)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Faiz Taleb , Ivan Gazeau , Maryline Laurent

We develop the Latent Multi-group Membership Graph (LMMG) model, a model of networks with rich node feature structure. In the LMMG model, each node belongs to multiple groups and each latent group models the occurrence of links as well as…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-05-22 Myunghwan Kim , Jure Leskovec

Modeling and estimating mixed memberships for overlapping unipartite un-weighted networks has been well studied in recent years. However, to our knowledge, there is no model for a more general case, the overlapping bipartite weighted…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Huan Qing , Jingli Wang

This paper proposes a novel meta-learning approach to optimize a robust portfolio ensemble. The method uses a deep generative model to generate diverse and high-quality sub-portfolios combined to form the ensemble portfolio. The generative…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Kamer Ali Yuksel

Analyzing multilayer networks is central to understanding complex relational measurements collected across multiple conditions or over time. A pivotal task in this setting is to quantify uncertainty in community structure while…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-10 Fangzheng Xie , Hsin-Hsiung Huang

In clinical research, the lack of events of interest often necessitates imbalanced learning. One approach to resolve this obstacle is data integration or sharing, but due to privacy concerns neither is practical. Therefore, there is an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Seok-Ju Hahn , Junghye Lee

Deep learning has revolutionized various fields, yet its efficacy is hindered by overfitting and the requirement of extensive annotated data, particularly in few-shot learning scenarios where limited samples are available. This paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Jiacheng Hu , Zhen Qi , Jianjun Wei , Jiajing Chen , Runyuan Bao , Xinyu Qiu

The latent class model is a powerful tool for identifying latent classes within populations that share common characteristics for categorical data in social, psychological, and behavioral sciences. In this article, we propose two new…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Huan Qing

In this paper, we question the rationale behind propagating large numbers of parameters through a distributed system during federated learning. We start by examining the rank characteristics of the subspace spanned by gradients across…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Sheikh Shams Azam , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Qiang Qiu , Christopher Brinton

Observations consisting of measurements on relationships for pairs of objects arise in many settings, such as protein interaction and gene regulatory networks, collections of author-recipient email, and social networks. Analyzing such data…

Methodology · Statistics 2010-02-22 Edoardo M Airoldi , David M Blei , Stephen E Fienberg , Eric P Xing

World models (WMs) demonstrate strong capabilities in prediction, generation, and planning tasks. Existing WMs primarily focus on unstructured data and cannot leverage the ubiquitous structured data, often represented as graphs, in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Tao Feng , Yexin Wu , Guanyu Lin , Jiaxuan You

Joint models (JMs) for longitudinal and time-to-event data are an important class of biostatistical models in health and medical research. When the study population consists of heterogeneous subgroups, the standard JM may be inadequate and…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-10-31 Sida Chen , Danilo Alvares , Marco Palma , Jessica K. Barrett

This note describes a new approach to classifying graphs that leverages graph generative models (GGM). Assuming a GGM that defines a joint probability distribution over graphs and their class labels, I derive classification formulas for the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Oliver Schulte

Modeling of high-dimensional data is very important to categorize different classes. We develop a new mixture model called Multinomial cluster-weighted model (MCWM). We derive the identifiability of a general class of MCWM. We estimate the…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-08-25 Kehinde Olobatuyi , Oludare Ariyo

Arguably the key issue in modelling discrete choice data is capturing preference heterogeneity. This can be through observed characteristics, and/or using techniques for capturing random heterogeneity across respondents. On the latter, in…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-06-18 Thomas O. Hancock , John Buckell

Dynamic graphs are extensively employed for detecting anomalous behavior in nodes within the Internet of Things (IoT). Graph generative models are often used to address the issue of imbalanced node categories in dynamic graphs.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Munan Li , Xianshi Su , Runze Ma , Tongbang Jiang , Zijian Li , Tony Q. S. Quek